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\u201cYes, Denise, I\u2019m home now,\u201d she said into her phone, settling down precisely on the edge of the bed I was hiding under. The springs groaned, forcing me to flatten myself even further against the floor. \u201cNo, no way. The girl turned out to be very docile. Too much so, I\u2019d say. Marcus says she\u2019s practically an orphan. That her daddy is some nickel-and-dime engineer at a plant, barely scraping by. I went personally to see her place. A hovel in some run-down building out in Decatur. A shame, truly. But now my Marcus has leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cYes, Denise, I\u2019m home now,\u201d she said into her phone, settling down precisely on the edge of the bed I was hiding under. The springs groaned, forcing me to flatten myself even further against the floor. \u201cNo, no way. The girl turned out to be very docile. Too much so, I\u2019d say. Marcus says she\u2019s…<\/p>\n

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